Record ID: BERK-926627
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener or hooked tag of early-medieval date. The fastener takes the form of a sub-circular plate with two holes for attachement to the garment, and a thin shank with hooked end projecting from the opposing side. In this example the two attachment holes are incomplete but the rest of the fastener is intact. There is the remains of possible decoration on the front of the plate however it is too faint to be able to discern. These fasteners are of Saxon date (7th to 12th century AD) and this example can be catagorised as Read (2008) Class A Type 2. It is simila…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-91C0F5
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy openwork harness fitting, a probable cheek piece from a bridle fitting of the late Early-medieval period (11th century AD). The object is Anglo-Scandinavian in design and is a fragment of a larger fitting. This is likely to be one half of the cheek piece, the other side of the plate was probably symmetrical with a central hole and a projecting arm for the attachment to the leather harness strap (Williams 2007:2). The plate is faintly decorated in what is probably Jellinge Style, with a curled beast apparently consuming its own tail. This was a common de…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: BERK-90CA38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating to the first or second century AD. The brooch has a head loop and three moulded ribs mid-way down the curved and tapered bow. The lower part of the brooch with the foot and the catchplate is now missing, as is the pin. It is unclear from the image if this is a hinged or springed brooch. Trumpet brooches with head loops date from c. AD 75-175.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Record ID: BERK-90A60F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (AE3) of Constantius II, dating to the period AD 353-361. Reece period 18. FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type. Mint of Lyon.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-907CD1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin, dating to the Middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The pin retains the head and part of the shank. The head is of truncated-globular, or sub-polyhedral form, with a ring-and-dot punchmark occupying each facet. A single collar separates the head from the remains of the circular-sectioned shaft. These pins are well attested to the Middle Saxon period, c. AD 720-850.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-8F7B29
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece crotal bell of post-medieval date. The crotal bell has a girth-seam which is decorative rather then indicative of a two-piece casting. Much of the bottom half of the bell is broken and missing. There does not appear to be any decoration on either the upper or lower half of this crotal bell. These attributes suggest a 17th or 18th century AD date.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-8F5268
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy jews or jaws harp of the late Medieval to late Post Medieval period. In plan, the jews harp consists of a sub circular head and two tapering arms, both with the characteristic lozenge-shaped cross section. The arms are complete. The rabbet is located at the apex of the head, but is missing the iron tongue, which would have been used to sound the insrtument. This jews harps date to between c. AD 1400 and 1700. Jews harps have a long history of being folk instruments, with a wide geographical distributions. They are believed to be indigenous to South East Asia, an…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-8EEBEF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman disc brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is circular in plan and is decorated with two fields of coloured enamel. The outer concentric field has the remains of a dark (now black) enamel. The centre of the brooch has raised cell edges that form an curved, open-armed cross. Each cell contains red enamel. In the centre is a raised circular disc of copper alloy. The outer edges of the brooch are damaged and mostly missing. The reverse of the brooch retains the double-lugs for the pin and part of the catchplate. A similar brooch is illus…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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